Improvement in berths for sleeping-cars



B. F. MANIER.

Sleeping-'Car Berth.

N0. 113.539. Parerited Apru 411, 1871.

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BENJAMIN E. MANIER', or GREEN ISLAND, NEW YORK, ASSIeNoR To -HIMSELE ANDrrIIoIIAS ESMITII, 0E SAME PLACE.

Letters Patent No. 113,539, ama Aprirn, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT IN BERTHS FOR SLEEPING-CARS.

Tle Schedule referred 7to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may ooncm: Y

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN F. ,MANIER, of Green Island, iu the countyof Albanyl and State of New York, have invented anew and usefulImprovement in Sleeping-Gars and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full," clear, and exact description thereof which willenable'others skilled in the art to make and use tlie saure, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawingformiug part ofthis specification.

My invention consists in certain improvements in sleeping-cars, whichwill first be described in connection with all that is necessary to afull understanding thereof, and then clearly pointedout in the claim.

Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of a part of a car,

showing afi-ont elevation of a berthV arranged according to my'improvements; .and

Figure 2 is a transverse section through the car and end elevation ofthe berth.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. A isthe frameofv'the berth,vwhich is hinged or pivoted to the side of the car at B,in the ordinary way, to swing up against the top of the car,as'iudicated by dotted lines O when not in use.

D represents a machine-chain vattached to the frame A, near the outeredge, and working over the guidepulleys E F, suitably arranged to holdthe chain in the properposition to close the berth up against the topofthe car, when required, bythe aid of a weight, G, suspended from thechain in the vertical space H, between the outer and inner walls of thecar side.

'Iwo of these chains or ropes and weights are used justing screw, H, andnut, or other adjusting devices,

of the stops K, by which -they are arrested for softening the vshocks ofthe weights when suddenly forced up against the said stops,"and. Ipropose to cdver the weights with soft material to make them asnoiseless as possible when working along the sides of 'the chamber inwhich they Work.

This arrangement is not so' expensive .as .that in which the jointedbraces are used, as has'been here` tofore done, and it is I nucu` moredurable'and con-` venient, requiring'lesslabo' in opening `and closingthe berth. It also obviates the .necessity for fastenings to hold theberth up, as before. v

The braces heretofore used are very liable to be bent bythe personssleepinglin the berths pressing.

their feet against them, andfwhen bent they cannot be operated. l

vIlaw'ingthus described my invention,

I claim' as new anddesire to secure by Letters Pateut- 1. The adjustableattachment of the weights to the chains by means of the adjusting screwand nut, substantially as specified.

2. The arrangement, with the weights or the stops K, of the cushionsI,.substantially as specified.

' BENJ. F. MANIER.

Witnesses:

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